> Can spin_lock_irqsave and the disable_irq & spin_lock combinations be
> safely mixed, particularly with regards to the networking layer? This does
> not seem to be done anywhere in the kernel so I suspect that I'm trying
> to do something wrong/bogus ...
We do it on the 8390 and 3c509.
#ifdef __SMP__
disable_irq_nosync(dev->irq);
spin_lock(&lp->lock);
#endif
slow stuff
#ifdef __SMP__
spin_unlock(&lp->lock);
enable_irq(dev->irq);
#endif
You need to allow for an IRQ coming in after the disable_irq happens. If its
already pending at the wrong moment on SMP at least it happens very very
occasionally.
Alan
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